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<DIV>Ben,</DIV>
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<DIV>We'll be looking for you on 30m HF. I would change the unproto to Gate,Wide1-1 no need going anymore then that when your signal passes to VHF. You might even have to go Echo,Gate,Wide1-1 depends were your closet gate is. W7CCY or something like that is in Washington state.</DIV>
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<DIV>73,</DIV>
<DIV>James Smith K9APR</DIV>
<DIV>HF GATE Owner Indiana </DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>From:</B></I> <A href="mailto:ben@ben.com">Ben Jackson</A></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>Date:</B></I> 7/29/2006 7:54:39 PM</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><I><B>Subject:</B></I> [aprssig] Need help testing 30m HF APRS in the Northwest</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>Hi all,</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm working on a 30m "pocket tracker". The final is a 74HC240 (similar</DIV>
<DIV>to the 38 Special the NorCal QRP club sold as a kit) putting out about</DIV>
<DIV>400mW. In every way I can measure it, I'm producing correct output</DIV>
<DIV>(for example, simultaneous AFSK output from the microcontroller can be</DIV>
<DIV>decoded by AGWPE). However, either I'm missing something, or I'm just</DIV>
<DIV>not reaching any GATEs (or those gates aren't getting to an IGate over</DIV>
<DIV>VHF with my GATE,WIDE2-2 path). It may be that 400mW is just too weak.</DIV>
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<DIV>Before I try adding a 5W PA, I was hoping to find someone in the vicinity</DIV>
<DIV>of Portland, OR who could listen (or even better decode) my 30m SSB</DIV>
<DIV>transmissions.</DIV>
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<DIV>--</DIV>
<DIV>Ben Jackson AD7GD</DIV>
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